The latest thoracic oncology news
Aggressive lung cancer’s aggressiveness may be its Achilles’ heel
Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have discovered a flaw in the…
Browsing: Lung Cancer
Computers trounce pathologists in predicting lung cancer type and severity
Computers can be trained to be more accurate than pathologists in assessing slides of lung…
Nivolumab in advanced lung cancer: Indication of major added benefit
Nivolumab has been approved since April 2016 as a checkpoint inhibitor for the treatment of…
Excess weight linked to cardiotoxicity in breast cancer
In patients with breast cancer, obesity was significantly associated with a greater risk of developing…
Air pollution may shorten survival of patients with lung cancer
Air pollution may shorten the survival of patients with lung cancer, suggests a population based…
The Long Read: The do-nothing dilemma
Charlotte Huff, Mosaic Science When Judy Refuerzo heard the word ‘carcinoma’, she began considering her…
Introduction of screening could significantly reduce lung cancer deaths
The introduction of lung cancer screening in the UK could significantly reduce deaths in high…
Long read: Taking aim at rare cancer variants
Leah Eisenstadt If you walked into a cancer clinic ten years ago as a newly…
Anti-malaria drug could make tumours easier to treat
An anti-malaria drug could help radiotherapy destroy tumours according to a Cancer Research UK-funded study…
Researchers develop simple method to characterise immune cells in tumours
Despite recent achievements in the development of cancer immunotherapies, only a small group of patients…